MANCHESTER: Manchester City's support in next season's Champions League is in uncertainty after they drew 2-2 with Arsenal on Sunday to allow Manchester United to surpass them.
City's withdrawing chief Manuel Pellegrini had sought after a triumphant goodbye at the Etihad and lovely objectives from Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne, who ran a large portion of the length of the pitch and held off four guards, twice put the hosts ahead.
In any case, Arsenal hit back both times, Olivier Giroud finishing his fruitless spell with a straightforward header from six yards for his first objective in 16 amusements before the Frenchman laid off a fragile go for the progressing Alexis Sanchez to beat Joe Hart.
Substitute Wilfried Bony volleyed against the bar late on for Champions League semi-finalists City, who were booed by their supporters at the last whistle.City stayed fourth in the table with one match left to play, two focuses in front of United who have two recreations cleared out.
At White Hart Lane, two objectives from Steven Davis gave Southampton a 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur who missed the opportunity to affirm a second-put complete in the Premier League.
Under 24 hours in the wake of watching Leicester City's title festivities, Spurs showed natural impediments as they again neglected to kill off a group in spite of leading the pack following 15 minutes when Son Heung-min adjusted Southampton attendant Fraser Forster.
Southampton dependably looked unsafe and evened out when Dusan Tadic controlled the ball deftly to set up Davies who flicked the ball home from short proximity following 31 minutes.
The same mix gave Saints' victor part of the way through the second half when Davies played a flawless one-two with Tadic on the edge of the case and scored with a low shot that beat Hugo Lloris in his base corner.
Southampton moved into 6th spot, still in the chase for an Europa League space, while Spurs stayed second, three focuses in front of most outstanding opponents Arsenal who have a diversion close by.
"We are still in an extraordinary position and on the off chance that we think back to the begin of the season, we as a whole ought to be pleased," Spurs supervisor Mauricio Pochettino said.
"We have to take a gander at ourselves, not at our neighbors (Arsenal). We have to adopt the thought process of a major club, not stressing over what's going on in another house, and we have to change that mindset, to be solid, to be a major club," he included.
Southampton supervisor Ronald Koeman was pleased with his side. "On the off chance that we can win one week from now at home, we will have 63 focuses — a truly phenomenal accomplishment by the group. We get a kick out of the chance to play in Europe and it's imperative for the club and the players."
In another match, a greatly changed Liverpool side still had a lot of class for Watford as objectives from Joe Allen and Roberto Firmino gave Juergen Klopp's side an agreeable 2-0 win at Anfield.
Allen and Christian Benteke, who have attempted to secure first-group spots this season, joined well for the opener following 35 minutes when the Welshman burst on to the striker's knockdown.
Klopp's side kept on commanding after the break and Firmino included a second with a right-foot shot from fresh following 76 minutes.
The triumph left Europa League finalists Liverpool eighth in the table with two diversions remaining. Watford stayed thirteenth.
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